is obsessed with long-silent songwriter Tucker Crowe. As the tide goes out on her marriage, Annie and the elusive Crowe begin an intense email relationship. The fast narrative has the immediacy of a blog and the three-voice presentation is perfect.

Private Rawson's War: Letters From the Middle East

Read by Paul Panting

(crimsoncats.co.uk £14.99 2hrs)

Twenty-one-year-old Anthony Rawson left for the Middle East in 1940 and for the next five years wrote every week to his mother. Bedevilled by heat, sickness and insects, Rawson remained intellectually curious, learning Arabic and exploring local cultures. This wonderful treasure trove was rescued after his death in 2005.

The Picture of Dorian Gray

Oscar Wilde. Read by Rupert Graves

(CSA Word £15.65 abridged 3hrs)

Dorian Gray, hedonistic and decadent, makes a Faustian pact to keep his youthful beauty as captured in his portrait. The story, lit by Wilde's aphoristic sparkle, is brilliant, as is Rupert Graves's finely judged narration.